American Muslim groups celebrate Osama bin Laden’s death

Toufeq Ahmed waves a flag as he celebrates the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden in Dearborn, Mich., early Monday. (Carlos Osorio / AP)

During his address announcing the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama said, “Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims. Indeed, al-Qaida has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own.”

Muslims in the U.S. and across the globe are among those happiest to see the end of the man who preached hatred and violence while holding their holy scriptures.

The actions done by al-Qaida in the name of Islam have hurt the relationship between Muslims and members of other faiths, and the September 11 attacks he planned seemed to have forever changed what it means to be a Muslim in America.

Outside of bin Laden’s followers, his teachings were controversial and dismissed by Muslims who sought peace. They say he never represented Islam.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a statement early Monday morning:

We join our fellow citizens in welcoming the announcement that Osama bin Laden has been eliminated as a threat to our nation and the world through the actions of American military personnel. As we have stated repeatedly since the 9/11 terror attacks, bin Laden never represented Muslims or Islam. In fact, in addition to the killing of thousands of Americans, he and Al Qaeda caused the deaths of countless Muslims worldwide. We also reiterate President Obama’s clear statement tonight that the United States is not at war with Islam.

As I followed my Twitter stream, Muslim leaders, organizations and news sources echoed their sentiment.

Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan, home to the country’s highest concentration of Arab-Americans, rejoiced at the news, the Detroit Free-Press reported. The city’s leaders though, say his philosophy lives on in the minds of extremists and we should continue to fight it:

“As gratifying as it is to see this, we should continue to be on alert,” said Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “Executing the symbol of bin Laden does not execute the ideology (of extremism). It’s a vital mistake to focus on the person and ignore the ideology.”

I heard a great analogy about Muslims and terrorists:
“To think all Muslims are terrorists is like thinking all Americans are pro baseball players. A very small minority are- and not all pro baseball players are American just like not all terrorists are Muslim.”

I’m glad that CAIR came out as quickly as they did with their statement.

OK Bob, this may dampen the festivities but in keeping with your analogy… a whole lotta Americans like to watch baseball. Seriously the conditions under which Islam approves violence, what we kafir would call crime, is something to think about.

M. Johnson, you play right into the analogy. The conditions under which SOME followers of Islam approves violence is something to think about. Considering militia groups and abortion protesters, the same could be said of some followers of Christianity.

Similar to Christianity, the spectrum of belief in the Muslim faith seems to run from the ultra-modern to the ultra-traditional. Maybe it’s just the human condition.

I’ve never been more relieved to hear of someone’s demise. Justice has been served and Allah will take care of the rest. As an American Muslim, dancing in the streets isn’t my style though (I mean, really – who does that?). I am making cupcakes instead

“…the man who preached hatred and violence while holding their holy scriptures.”
What the average American is clueless about, is the fact that the Koran is the SOURCE of bin Laden’s hatred and intolerance. Don’t believe me? Read the Koran for yourself. The Qur’an itself is a book of war. OBL was simply following the commands of Mohammed and Allah.

As for CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land (Hamas) terrorist funding trial, and notes that several founding members of CAIR have been convicted of terrorist funding crimes and are serving prison terms or have been deported. Source:http://www.anti-cair-net.org/

obviously your too stupid to read the book and understand it… it was never meant to be translated in to english… so for an avergae american to think out side of jesus christ and his holy sprite!!! lol you guys can fathom a greater God… americans are intolerant and ignorant because you think u are gods chosen people thats why everyone is taking a dump on the US.. go back to school and learn a thing or two

General rule of thumb in any society — you have the rabble rousing protesters that love to make a rukus and the guys that stayed away because they were either too busy having a life or too tired from earning a living. This rule seems to work with religious extremists, political extremists, sometimes even football fans.

Yes, see this Muslim celebrating in Dearborn, Michigan. This is the town where the Muslims demanded AMERICAN police protection for their gathering in this city – the purpose, was to keep American religious members from coming on the poperty where the Muslim meeting was held. How outrageous is that?? Gotta check out The Holy Land Foundation in Dallas where Muslim were collecting contributions on American soil and funneling the money back to their country for terrorists. Just google “Muslims Dearborn Michigan” and this story should just make your day. These people are demanding all sorts of RIGHTS in our country and it must stop. Write your congressman and the president.

cry me a river if you were oppressed because you were from a certain religion or group u would do the same… mexicans crossing the boarder do the same thing except they steal their rights… at leaste we migrated here the legal way.. tell your people to go back to eating tacos

I hope this helps the bigots accept that American Muslims are Americans and Muslim both!
The radical muslim islamists / jihadists are a small percentage of Muslims worldwide. The more moderate Muslims speak out against them the better will be their acceptance (except for those poor, stunted individuals for whom no proof is enough, ala the ‘birthers’).

now thats nine times they say they killed him since 2002 ….
i guess they think everyone forgot about those times …
oh well , it was the banker owned government that told everyone , ” Never Forget ” , and i didnt..
after 9 time from 2002 , i would hope he is dead enough already.. hahahaha

I predict that the standard “Muslim Bashers” will totally ignore this, wait a week or so, and then, go back to complaining that “Muslims don’t hate Osama enough” Avoidance helps prop up the weak legs of prejudice.

Let us avoid the word “basher” for the moment and try to think about ideas. To study Islam is to understand much more fully, the endorsement of things which kafirs would consider criminal. Rape. Robbery. Child marriage. Slavery. Am I bashing because I will not conceal these subjects?

I am very happy for the TRUE Muslims of the world…there is one less terrorist who can lie and say they are doing Allah’s will, but it is not over yet. There are thousands more to capture (or kill). There is still a long struggle ahead of us…not to mention the retaliatory strikes by Al-Qaida and other “Al-Qaida Wanna-bes” that will be coming.

No celebration for me yet…and you shouldn’t celebrate too much either. Sad to say this will not be over in my lifetime and you can be assured that it won’t happen in the lifetime of anyone alive right now.

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